Kabul, Afghanistan

Ahmad Nazar / Associated Press

Afghan private security soldiers look out from the broken windows at the scene of a gun battle between Afghan security forces and insurgents who struck Friday in the heart of Kabul with suicide attackers and a car bomb, targeting hotels used by foreigners and killing at least 17 people, police said.

Afghan private security soldiers look out from the broken windows at the scene of a gun battle between Afghan security forces and insurgents who struck Friday in the heart of Kabul with suicide attackers and a car bomb, targeting hotels used by foreigners and killing at least 17 people, police said. (Ahmad Nazar / Associated Press)

Afghan private security soldiers look out from the broken windows at the scene of a gun battle between Afghan security forces and insurgents who struck Friday in the heart of Kabul with suicide attackers and a car bomb, targeting hotels used by foreigners and killing at least 17 people, police said.